13.9% of residents of Union City speak English at home.
78.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 41,155 (58.5%)
(40.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Union City, New Jersey

12,2392010 or later

11,3842000 to 2009

9,2661990 to 1999

11,6381980 to 1989

5,0481970 to 1979

5,016Before 1970

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 857 (1.6%)

American: 597 (1.1%)

Irish: 300 (0.5%)

Turkish: 178 (0.3%)

German: 156 (0.3%)

Polish: 132 (0.2%)

Canadian: 120 (0.2%)

Guyanese: 111 (0.2%)

Arab: 87 (0.2%)

Jamaican: 78 (0.1%)

Egyptian: 77 (0.1%)

Moroccan: 74 (0.1%)

Haitian: 71 (0.1%)

African: 69 (0.1%)

English: 69 (0.1%)

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 64 (0.1%)

Scottish: 57 (0.1%)

Russian: 51 (0.09%)

Greek: 49 (0.09%)

Nigerian: 47 (0.09%)

European: 45 (0.08%)

Ukrainian: 44 (0.08%)

Yugoslavian: 44 (0.08%)

Maltese: 35 (0.06%)

British West Indian: 31 (0.06%)

Portuguese: 31 (0.06%)

Lebanese: 30 (0.05%)

Syrian: 29 (0.05%)

Palestinian: 25 (0.05%)

British: 22 (0.04%)

Danish: 19 (0.03%)

Celtic: 19 (0.03%)

Brazilian: 17 (0.03%)

Lithuanian: 16 (0.03%)

French: 13 (0.02%)

Scandinavian: 12 (0.02%)

Israeli: 9 (0.02%)

Croatian: 8 (0.01%)

French Canadian: 8 (0.01%)

Romanian: 7 (0.01%)

Armenian: 7 (0.01%)

Ghanaian: 6 (0.01%)

Dutch: 6 (0.01%)

Hungarian: 5 (0.01%)

Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.01%)

Bulgarian: 3 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Dominican Republic

Union City:

19.4% (8,239)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Cuba

Union City:

13.8% (5,832)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Ecuador

Union City:

12.5% (5,304)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Colombia

Union City:

9.1% (3,852)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

El Salvador

Union City:

8.7% (3,695)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Peru

Union City:

7.4% (3,132)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Mexico

Union City:

5.7% (2,434)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Honduras

Union City:

5.6% (2,371)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Guatemala

Union City:

3.1% (1,320)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

India

Union City:

2.3% (989)

New Jersey:

100.0% (-1)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 18,409

Other state: 7,157

Northeast: 5,032

Midwest: 163

South: 1,409

West: 553

91.3% of Union City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 43.5% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 16.7% lived in New Jersey.